Chapter 104 Canned Food
At 8 o'clock in the morning, Eileen arrived at the Lord's Castle.
Because she had been studying semaphores for the army, in order to facilitate discussions with the officers, she had been staying in the staff compound or running to the military camp.
After the semaphore had taken shape, Paul ordered her to move her office to the castle.
A servant led her to her "office", which was a small room. After entering, she found that there was only a desk, a few chairs, and a bookshelf with a kitchen.
Irene sighed and thought: "What a boss who doesn't understand the mood of life at all!"
She didn't complain that Paul was too stingy, because she had seen Paul's own office, which was also extremely monotonous. , no better than here or there.
“That’s all, I’ll just dress up myself slowly from now on.”
She looked left and right in the room, thinking carefully about the plan to decorate the room.
At this time, there was the sound of the door opening and closing next door.
She suddenly remembered that she had just heard from a servant that there was another consultant in the Lord's Mansion who worked next door to her.
As a colleague, you should take the initiative to build a good relationship. After all, she is no longer the dazzling princess she used to be, and everyone was vying to cling to her.
Irene came out and knocked gently on the door of the next room. "Please come in" came from inside. The voice was very pleasant and sweet.
"The voice sounds like she must be a lovely girl, and that earl can't be a pervert."
With this thought in mind, Irene opened the door and was stunned for a moment. .
The person standing in front of him turned out to be the benefactor who saved him from a tiger's mouth a few months ago - Miss Ladi, a scholar and adventurer.
Obviously, judging from the expression on Ms. Scholar’s face, she was also very surprised.
Irene reacted quickly and said gracefully: "Oh, I really didn't expect it. It turns out that Miss Ladi is the newly recruited consultant of the Lord's Mansion. Hello!"
Ladi also smiled and responded: "Hello, Miss Dias. I heard Mr. Grayman talking about you. I haven't visited you for several days. I am very sorry."
Irene waved her hand and said: "You couldn't find me a few days ago. I have been staying at the army staff headquarters, and no one is allowed to come in or out at will."
"Don't talk to me so politely in the future. You saved my life first, and now you have become my colleague. Maybe this is God's arrangement."
La Di smiled and nodded. , the little worry in my heart disappeared without a trace.
When I rescued Miss Dias from a black-spotted tiger that day, although the other party thanked her, for some reason I always felt that the other party was an arrogant person. It seems that she is not the same now. It's hard to get along with him.
“So, you have given up your career as an adventurer?”
“Yes, you have been traveling around for the past few years, so it’s time to take a good rest.”
"Haha, you must have accumulated a lot of knowledge in your adventure career, right? I can ask for more advice."
"We are both scholars, so please give me more advice in the future."
The two chatted happily, and because they were both women and scholars, they got along very well.
About half an hour later, a servant knocked on the door and came in. He said respectfully: "Your Majesty, the Earl, invites the two consultants to meet in the restaurant."
Irene asked doubtfully: " Why is it a restaurant? Count Grayman wants to treat us to dinner, but it’s still early for lunch.”
The servant said: "I don't know, the earl just asked me to invite you."
Irene pouted: "Really, Ladi and I were chatting happily."
< br>The servant broke into a cold sweat. He had never seen anyone complaining about Count Grayman in public, but he pretended not to hear it.
La Di pulled her sleeves and said: "Betty, let's go there quickly. It's not good to keep Mr. Grayman waiting."
In just half an hour, they It was so intimate that they called each other by their first names.
...When Erin and Ladi arrived at the restaurant, they found that there were already a lot of people here.
In addition to Earl Graiman, there is also Old Ford, the director of the Government Affairs Council, several supervisors including Hansel, and senior military officials such as Schroeder and Bryce.
“Oh, the two beauties are here, welcome.”
Earl Grayman seemed very happy and greeted them warmly.
Irene wanted to complain in her heart: "Really, I'm almost going to fight, but I can still maintain such a good mood."
After the two female consultants sat down, Paul said to everyone: "Today we are going to Everyone is called here to treat you to a special kind of food."
He turned to the servant and ordered: "Put the things up."
Soon, one by one. Strange glass bottles were placed in front of everyone one by one.
Irene looked carefully at the strange bottle in front of her. It was a wide-mouth bottle made of thick glass. The mouth of the bottle was tightly plugged with a cork, and there was a layer of wax sealing the outside.
But the most attractive thing was what was inside the bottle, which seemed to be chopped apples.
She looked at the bottle in front of Ladi, which contained what looked like pears.
Looking around, other people’s bottles contain different contents. Some contain vegetables and some contain meat. Most people looked at the glass bottle in front of them with doubtful eyes.
Except for a few people in the Government Administration Council, they had heard Paul talk about this thing a long time ago. Director Ford and Hansel had personally handled the establishment of a manufacturing plant for this thing.
Paul happily announced: "Everyone, this is 'canning', a food processing method that can preserve food for a long time. Now open them and taste the food inside."
"Come on, follow me."
Paul first used a knife to scrape the wax seal, then picked up the "corkscrew" next to the glass bottle - a spiral metal hook, and screwed it into the cork Stop the bottle, push it upward, and the bottle stopper will be pulled out.
He picked up the fork, took out a piece of beef, put it in his mouth and chewed it slowly.
"Yes! It tastes good. Everyone, feel free to eat. The food inside is all cooked."
Everyone opened the jar in the manner of the Earl and picked up their forks to taste it. The food inside it comes.
“The taste is okay!”
“The soup inside is also delicious.”
“Although it’s not as good as freshly made, it’s really good if it can be stored for a long time. "
Everyone was talking about it while eating, especially the military people. Schroeder and Bryce began to discuss in a low voice the importance of canned food to the army's supplies.
Irene ate an apple chunk, "Hmm...the taste of this apple is a bit weird, but it's not unpleasant. Ladi, where's yours?"
Ladi nodded and said: "The pear flesh here is very sweet and tastes pretty good."
Paul looked at the two female consultants and asked: "Both of you are from a prosperous place, no? Do you know if this kind of thing can be sold well with you? "
La Di said: "If it can be stored for a long time as you said, it will definitely be popular, especially for those who often travel long distances. , I decided that I would be welcomed by them.”
As a former adventurer, she certainly knew what the invention of the can meant to travelers.
Irene also nodded repeatedly. Although she had been well-fed and well-fed since she was a child, she had experienced it all the way to the northwest. Delicious food like meat and vegetables spoiled very quickly. When I was out of the store, I could only eat dry, hard black bread.
"Haha! Very good, we are already producing cans in large quantities and will sell them to the south soon."
Paul happily announced to everyone.
(End of this chapter)